All the Happening in Cricket on January 4
Centuries in International Cricket
- 2016 HM Amla South Africa v England
- 2015 AB de Villiers South Africa v West Indies
- 2015 KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka v New Zealand
- 2013 DG Brownlie New Zealand v South Africa
- 2012 AB de Villiers South Africa v Sri Lanka
- 2012 MJ Clarke Australia v India
- 2012 RT Ponting Australia v India
- 2011 SR Tendulkar India v South Africa
- 2010 TM Dilshan Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
- 2009 MJ Clarke Australia v South Africa
- 2008 SR Tendulkar India v Australia
- 2006 MD Raj India Women v Sri Lanka Women
- 2006 RT Ponting Australia v South Africa
- 2005 AC Gilchrist Australia v Pakistan
- 2004 JL Langer Australia v India
- 2004 BC Lara West Indies v South Africa
- 2003 Taufeeq Umar Pakistan v South Africa
- 2003 MP Vaughan England v Australia
- 2003 AC Gilchrist Australia v England
- 2001 ADR Campbell Zimbabwe v New Zealand
- 2001 SR Waugh Australia v West Indies
- 2000 VVS Laxman India v Australia
- 2000 JH Kallis South Africa v England
- 2000 RT Ponting Australia v India
- 2000 DJ Cullinan South Africa v England
- 1999 RS Dravid India v New Zealand
- 1999 MJ Slater Australia v England
- 1998 ME Waugh Australia v South Africa
- 1997 SR Tendulkar India v South Africa
- 1997 M Azharuddin India v South Africa
- 1995 WJ Cronje South Africa v New Zealand
- 1993 BC Lara West Indies v Australia
Five Wickets in an International Innings in International Cricket
- 2011 DW Steyn South Africa v India
- 2010 JM Anderson England v South Africa
- 2008 B Lee Australia v India
- 2005 Danish Kaneria Pakistan v Australia
- 2005 CK Langeveldt South Africa v England
- 2004 A Nel South Africa v West Indies
- 2003 AR Adams New Zealand v India
- 2002 M Muralitharan Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
- 2000 CEW Silverwood England v South Africa
- 2000 GD McGrath Australia v India
- 1999 PM Such England v Australia
- 1996 SM Pollock South Africa v England
- 1993 DK Morrison New Zealand v Pakistan
- 1992 GP Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka v Pakistan
People born on this day
- 1937 Surendranath, Indian pace bowler in eleven Tests early sixties
- 1979 Chamila Gamage (or MKGCP Lakshitha), Sri Lankan pace bowler 2002
- 1979 Gulam Bodi, South African ODI spinner 2007
- 1980 Justin Ontong, South African Test batsman 2002-04
People died on this day
- 1891 Joe Hunter, England wicket-keeper on 1884-85 Aust tour
- 1903 H.M.(“Dicky”) Richards, scored 4 and 0 in only Test for S.Afr
- 1987 Jack Martin, England pace bowler, 1-111 and 0-18 in only Test
- 1997 Nyalchand Shah, 3-97 in only Test for India (v Pakistan 1952)
- 1999 Maqsood Ahmed, pioneering Pakistan batsman 1952-56 with a top score of 99
